"biga" meaning in Italian

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bigotta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "bīga"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bīga",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin bīga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bighe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "biga f (plural bighe)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bì‧ga"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "id": "en-biga-it-noun-gjpLCll-",
      "links": [
        [
          "chariot",
          "chariot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "it",
          "name": "Baking",
          "orig": "it:Baking",
          "parents": [
            "Cooking",
            "Food and drink",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)"
      ],
      "id": "en-biga-it-noun-Vv~l0DqW",
      "links": [
        [
          "baking",
          "baking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
        [
          "poolish",
          "poolish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "baking",
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iɡa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biga"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms derived from Latin",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 14 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Italian/iɡa",
    "Rhymes:Italian/iɡa/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bigotta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "bīga"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bīga",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin bīga.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bighe",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "biga f (plural bighe)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bì‧ga"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chariot",
          "chariot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) chariot (two-wheeled)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Italian quotations",
        "it:Baking"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baking",
          "baking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sponge",
          "sponge"
        ],
        [
          "poolish",
          "poolish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "baking",
        "cooking",
        "food",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbi.ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iɡa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "biga"
}